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Swagger
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Yeah with companies like AllBalls making it simple I imagine it'll be pretty common.
Good for guys like me too...I am getting more and more bikes to weld bracing into the neck and upper cradle where the far superior forks now stress the frame to cracking. It's tough for the stem and neck to flex much with the OE spaghetti forks on our old scoots but an unbraced neck with modern forks and rubber......you can SEE the frame flex! Booyah!
Good for guys like me too...I am getting more and more bikes to weld bracing into the neck and upper cradle where the far superior forks now stress the frame to cracking. It's tough for the stem and neck to flex much with the OE spaghetti forks on our old scoots but an unbraced neck with modern forks and rubber......you can SEE the frame flex! Booyah!
biker_reject
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Ryan66 said:
There's Big Sherm's way...
http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=5668.msg46307#msg46307
or, there is Johnny Ryland's Classified Moto way of pressing out stems and swapping, which is the method I am going to use in a couple of weeks.
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Tim said:This will hopefully keep me going in a straight line on the salt in August
Are those gixxer forks?
Yup - late '90s GSXR forks.
A friend of mine with a lathe has done this before on his own bikes, so we might end up making a custom stem for it. The early XS650 frames have a shorter stem than all other XS frames, so it's a little tricky and hard to find an original stem to use. For my current 35mm front end I had to have the stem lowered in the tree and have material added to the bearing seat area. I want to keep that stem in one piece - probably sell it to someone.
Gonna look funny with the Suzuki 4LS wheel on it
A friend of mine with a lathe has done this before on his own bikes, so we might end up making a custom stem for it. The early XS650 frames have a shorter stem than all other XS frames, so it's a little tricky and hard to find an original stem to use. For my current 35mm front end I had to have the stem lowered in the tree and have material added to the bearing seat area. I want to keep that stem in one piece - probably sell it to someone.
Gonna look funny with the Suzuki 4LS wheel on it
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buckeyebike
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'90 Kawasaki JS440 w/ Kerker Pipe and Waterbox . . . awesome condition, especially for a 22 year old ski. ;D Last time it was registered was '94- been sitting covered since then. Fired right up after carb cleaning and new plugs. Couldn't pass it up for the price . . .
Swagger
Putting boot to ass since 1967!
@biker reject: I've been contemplating a similar swap, just worried about loss of ground clearance. How long are those forks? I've got a couple pair of R1 USDs, a pair from a Duc S2, a pair from a TLR1000 and I think there might be a pair from a ZX10 here somewhere. All are similarly stubby. I thought briefly about machining a set of dropped triples but frankly they'd be goofy looking so I skipped it. Thoughts?
Swagger said:
Swag, good question. Got me thinkin... I can't speak for anybody elses builds, but a quick tape measure to the forks on my Hayabusa and on my CB750K have them at only an inch difference. 28" from center of axle to the top clamp on the 'busa and 29" for the CB750.
I guess ill just have un usd forks forever :'( hint hint
i dont know any drill! What drill? Is there any thing else i havnt been told!
Ill never fit in with un usd forks! Ahhh shit! first whitney now this
My week is going to shit.
Thanks alot If i had a " secret drill " i would tell
you guys. man you think you know someone then
reality hits you in the balls
like a ton of usd forks.
i dont know any drill! What drill? Is there any thing else i havnt been told!
Ill never fit in with un usd forks! Ahhh shit! first whitney now this
My week is going to shit.
Thanks alot If i had a " secret drill " i would tell
you guys. man you think you know someone then
reality hits you in the balls
like a ton of usd forks.
I measured mine from the top of the bottom tree (i.e. the base of the bottom bearing) to the center of the axle. I figure this is the most relevant measurement to maintain the same ride height or know what you're dealing with.
Rough measurement of my XS650 and SR500 show both right around 21 inches, and they both have been pushed up in the trees a bit. The GSXR front end I have is about 20. So, the GSXR front end might be a bit lower. But... the stem on the GSXR stock tree is pretty tall and when swapped out to the shorter XS stem, the fork legs will end up pushing down further relative to the bottom tree. So... it might end up being pretty much no change.
Rough measurement of my XS650 and SR500 show both right around 21 inches, and they both have been pushed up in the trees a bit. The GSXR front end I have is about 20. So, the GSXR front end might be a bit lower. But... the stem on the GSXR stock tree is pretty tall and when swapped out to the shorter XS stem, the fork legs will end up pushing down further relative to the bottom tree. So... it might end up being pretty much no change.
Want to buy :
drill every body BUT ME!!! knows about
pm me what you got and a price shipped to
Frostburg md
It probubly like the star wars figure that you had to mail box tops to kenner to get
You fuckers and your cloke and daggers secret drill
I hope your Happy you guys made me look like a real jerk,
You know what it like to be made a jerk of?
All my life ive been walking around wonderen who the jerk is
Then bam its me! Drill less old me
Its like Spillen a drink on your pants at a middle school dance
then tring to explain. no one is listening
Bet if i "know the drill" they would listen
drill every body BUT ME!!! knows about
pm me what you got and a price shipped to
Frostburg md
It probubly like the star wars figure that you had to mail box tops to kenner to get
You fuckers and your cloke and daggers secret drill
I hope your Happy you guys made me look like a real jerk,
You know what it like to be made a jerk of?
All my life ive been walking around wonderen who the jerk is
Then bam its me! Drill less old me
Its like Spillen a drink on your pants at a middle school dance
then tring to explain. no one is listening
Bet if i "know the drill" they would listen
